317,012

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has calculated that an average of 17,012 children and teens are injured by guns every year in the U.S. Of those 17,012, roughly 2,647 will die from gun violence.

This country. This country has our babies volunteering to die for each other because grownups don't want to give up their assault rifles. https://t.co/HNJfYwLCI0

4It’s a gun issue, not a mental health issue

Cameron Kasky, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: “My message for the people in office is: you’re either with us or against us. We are losing our lives while the adults are playing around.”#GunControlNow!https://t.co/paDIvsUTP3

546

That’s the average number of children injured by gun violenceevery day in America, as calculated by the Brady Campaign.

A NATION THAT SHRUGS AT CHILDREN BEING GUNNED DOWN IN CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS IS NOT A CIVILIZED NATION. Our hearts ache for the parents and kids in #Parkland. This #gunviolence scourge must be treated as a national emergency.

7$54 million

According to The Los Angeles Times, the National Rifle Association (and its affiliate, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action) donated a whopping $54 million to political candidates during the 2016 election cycle. More than $30 million of that was spent in support of President Donald Trump.

I strongly believe that the #NRA should have to pay for every funeral caused by a mass shooting. I also don’t think I’m alone in this thought

8Nine per second

That’s how fast the semi-automatic gun used in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting could fire bullets. Shooter Stephen Paddock modified a semi-automatic rifle to make it faster and more efficient, using a legal implement called a bump stock.